IMAGES OF MERSEA

Photos by Sylvia Wargent
see also pictures of "Old Mersea"


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A quiet moment at Mersea Regatta







Growing old gracefully.



The Old City





Coast Road cottages at high tide.





Evening light over the Anchorage



Horse Chestnuts
in Empress






View over Feldy Marsh from
St Botolph's Cottages
The Lane
spring
Beach Road
leading down to the sea
with "The Boathouse"
in the distance
This house has since
been demolished and
rebuilt in similar style
In Edwardian days the old
Beach House was known
for its "musical soirees"


Cottages at The Nothe (The North) in winter
One of the oldest parts of Mersea
situated at the far western end of the island
on a footpath heading north towards The Strood
This location used to be a Coopers yard
(for making barrells) and was once called "Coopers Quay"
The cottages are reputedly made of ships timberwreck
and are susceptible to flooding - but with such a lovely view - who cares!


East Road
looking west
showing the
kitchen garden wall
of Brierly Hall
Brierly is a listed building
circa 1800
it was once called
Leakeys Hall





winter snow
Mersea Beach


spring at
Peartree Cottages
East Road
These cottages are listed buildings
circa 1741


cottage garden in Mersea
an entry in the Mersea in Bloom
"Best Front Gardens" contest

Hollyhocks - Mersea
Hollyhocks thrive in the
sheltered warmth of
The Lane
Top of
Monkey
Steps
Coast
Road


How not to attempt
to cross
The Strood
at High Tide
St Botolph's Cottages
overlooking Feldy
off The Lane


Primrose
Cottage

The
Square
Coast
Road

Cherry blossom
in Churchfields
The Council houses
here replaced the old
Coastguard cottages
which burnt down

Front wall of cottages known as
The Square
Coast Road

Birds of the Blackwater
pictures of some of the bird species than can be seen
feeding on Mersea marshes


Little Egret
Curlew Sandpiper
Cormorants

Oystercatchers

Brent Geese
migrate to the estuary
in autumn
Dabchick or
Little Grebe




Mersea from the air
showing the far west
of the island
Mersea from
the air
The Strood divides
to east and west
standing out
clearly the two
Fishing lakes
on Wellhouse Hill




A Mersea Cottage
in The Square






setting off
for Salcott Creek
Dabchick Cadets
Sailing Night












below
St Peters Road


St Peters Road
looking towards
the sea



yet another
Mersea sunset


Bocking Hall
one of the oldest
farms on Mersea
originally a "manor"
of mersea in its own right
The Hall is actually at East Mersea
and has a Georgian facade
disguising a Tudor building

Firs Chase

grey seals can sometimes
be seen in the Pyefleet

the working harbour at Mersea
The gardens of
The Square - Coast Road
showing the "other side" of the Barometer


Barges at rest - Heybridge Basin




Smacks off Heybridge Lock
lining up for race
to Osea Island
West Mersea Town Council
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West Mersea
Colchester
Essex, CO5 8JD
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